All that glitters is gay – Nectar turns 1

November 28, 2017

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There are shitty things that happen to our community (take for example the unjust outing of the poz guy from that recent buy-bust operation). But whatever blows we take, the bright side is that we’ve seen more safe spaces glimmer across our city. One big, shiny example is Nectar, a gay club that isn’t just standing sturdy after its first year, but is sashaying onwards.

It’s been a while since we felt a gay pulse in nightlife as strong as the past year and with its anything-goes Poison Wednesday nights, deliciously deadly cocktails, and all the hooking up, voguing out, and “dragging” on we’ve seen at Nectar, you could call this club Manila’s homosexual heart right now.

Celebrating its first year over the weekend, Nectar’s heartbeat pounded hard. With its “Shine On”theme, beards glittered in the crowd, owner David Dennis came out in bedazzled soldier girl drag, and the house drag posse, The Nectarines, sparkled across the stage. Honorable mention goes to the guy roaming the crowd and drawing rainbows on strangers’ faces. All proof that even at night (and during our darkest hour), our community can shine pretty damn bright.

Nectar’s David Dennis

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